Robber sought in Gulf Shores holdup

Gulf Shores police are looking for a slender white man in his 30s who robbed a small Hispanic grocery store at gunpoint midday today.

Shortly after opening Mercado La Gringa on E. 24th Street at noon, the store's clerk was greeted by a man who struck up a casual conversation, Investigator Justin Clopton said. After a few minutes, the man brandished a black handgun and announced his intentions to rob the store.

After gathering money from the cash register and a safe, the robber made the female clerk and another employee lie face down on the floor while he fled on foot, according to a Gulf Shores Police Department news release. Police have yet to get a final tally on the amount of cash that was stolen, Clopton said.

Clopton said the workers said the robber, about 6 feet tall with dirty blond hair, was wearing prescription glasses, a black jacket over a forest green T-shirt with yellow lettering and light brown boots.

Anyone with information on the case is urged to call the Gulf Shores Police Department at 968-2431.